Ken Burns’s new documentary achieves a tone that is unmistakably Burns: measured, atmospheric, at times elegiac and always attentive to nuance.
Anthony D. Andreassi
Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O., holds a doctorate in history from Georgetown University; his research and writing have focused on the American Catholic community.
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Review: The British monarchy’s fraught (and sometimes bloody) history with Catholicism
A new study exploring the relationship between religion and the English monarchy by Catherine Pepinster explores the impact Elizabeth II and the monarchs that preceded her have had on the Church of England as well as on other faith traditions in their realm.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sister Stephen changed my life in the fourth grade. Now, she’s in her 90s and teaching (in person) during a pandemic.
Mary Stephen Healey, R.D.C. has continued to lead and serve the students, faculty and families at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Elmsford, N.Y., even during a pandemic.
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An archbishop nicknamed ‘Dagger John’
When a historical figure has a reputation as large as John Hughes, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction.
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After Peter
In his latest book, John W. O'Malley, S.J., serves up a hard-nosed history of so many saints and sinners.